A federal grand jury has indicted a Guatemalan national and convicted sex offender for illegally re-entering the United States and residing in Mahoning County, and a Venezuelan woman for possessing fraudulent immigration documents in Warren.

Baudilio Ramos, 65, faces a charge of illegal re-entry after deportation. According to a criminal complaint, the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation after receiving a tip regarding Ramos’s status as a sex offender.

An affidavit filed by a Homeland Security Investigations special agent states that Ramos, a Guatemalan citizen, entered the U.S. in 1990 on a commercial visa. He admitted to molesting a child, serving two and a half years in prison, and subsequently being deported to Guatemala.

Ramos told authorities he returned to the U.S. after 10 months, crossing the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico, into Texas. He said he paid smugglers $3,000 to transport him to Houston, Texas, and then to New York. He then moved to the Youngstown area, where he has resided for approximately two years. Ramos admitted to re-entering the country without obtaining permission.

Ramos’s arraignment is scheduled for March 14.

In a separate case, Dicla Emirlania Perez Rodriguez, 33, of Venezuela, was indicted Thursday for possessing a fraudulent Permanent Resident Card and Social Security card.

Warren City Police encountered Rodriguez sleeping in a vehicle with mismatched license plates outside a Circle K convenience store on Parkman Road in February. Court documents indicate Rodriguez presented what appeared to be fraudulent Permanent Resident and Social Security cards to officers, who then contacted Homeland Security Investigations.

An ICE agent, through a translator, advised Perez Rodriguez of her Miranda rights in Spanish, and she agreed to answer questions. Perez Rodriguez stated she and her children were traveling to New York for a court appearance and that her husband, also from Venezuela, lived in New York. She confirmed the authenticity of two Venezuelan identification cards, one in her name and one in her daughter’s name.

However, when presented with a U.S. Permanent Resident Card bearing her likeness and the name “Emi Rodriguez,” and a U.S. Social Security card with a number, Perez Rodriguez stated they were fraudulent and illegal. She said she had not used them. She told the agent her husband was angry when he learned of the fake documents.

Perez Rodriguez said she obtained the fraudulent documents in Chicago via Facebook to use for employment to pay for a lawyer, but that the seller had since blocked her and deleted the messages.

A law enforcement database query of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services number on the Permanent Resident Card returned the name of a Cuban national, not “Emi Rodriguez.” A query of the Social Security number returned a different name, also not “Emi Rodriguez.”